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> [“People think we didn't have theatres in Scotland for centuries because the Church suppressed them. Well, perhaps. But you could also argue that we had theatres in every town and village in the land: they were called kirks, and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/people-think-we-didn-t-have-theatres-in-scotland-for-centuries/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

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